Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action
We cannot allow the government to bend to industry pressure. Firefighters choose to risk their lives every day to protect us. Regulating PFAS is the number one way we could return the favour.
Hill staffers look back on the COVID-19 pandemic from their front-row seats to history
In the second instalment of The Hill Times‘ retrospective on the fourth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, staffers recall the behind-the-scenes anxiety, and the ‘golden age of Question Period.’
Why aren’t we talking about long-term care when we talk about the housing crisis?
Without deliberate consideration and action, much of an entire generation of older Canadians will be without the housing and care they need.
The true cost of gas-powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
Diesel-powered MHDVs are a disproportionately large contributor to traffic-related air pollution, which contributes to 1,200 premature deaths annually.
Sleepwalking towards Canada’s next major health crisis
Canadians deserve better than all levels of government dishing blame at each other while nothing gets done about antimicrobial resistance.
‘We still only have a fragmented picture’: new report on COVID response finds critical institutions exposed both strengths and weaknesses in the federal system
The report that takes a deep dive into Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic calls for the appointment of an independent expert panel to do a thorough examination of how Canadian institutions performed during the biggest public health emergency of the last century.
Suicide prevention in military and RCMP communities: where do families fit in?
It is crucial that family members who play an important role in suicide prevention are not overlooked, but are provided with their own resources, tools and supports.
Trudeau’s pharmacare plan would likely reduce drug coverage for millions of Canadians
The proposed new law would likely prohibit Canadians from purchasing supplemental insurance to cover drugs not covered (or only partially covered) by pharmacare.
‘May you govern in interesting times’: MPs, Senators look back on the COVID-19 pandemic and the day ‘everything changed’
With four years in the books since Canada’s Parliament shut down to deal with an emerging public health threat, and more than a year after the World Health Organization announced an official end to the global pandemic, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says no one is ‘over COVID.’
‘Baby-steps’ pharmacare a test of our humanity and of our political leaders
If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there is scant hope of a full-fledged pharmacare program anytime soon.
